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The Seersucker Whipsaw

Political manager Clinton Shartelle receives the challenge of a life-time when he travels to the small African nation of Albertia to run a political campaign against a candidate who is heavily backed by the CIA. Reprint. LJ. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9781468303674 | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, March 26, 2013), cover price $13.95

9780446401692 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1992), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Political manager Clinton Shartelle receives the challenge of a life-time when he travels to the small African nation of Albertia to run a political campaign against a candidate who is heavily backed by the CIA.

Guiso canibal/ Missionary Stew

By Ross Thomas

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9788449321986 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, January 15, 2009), cover price $27.95

Chinaman's Chance

Arthur Wu and Quincy Durant, one of Southern California's most unlikely pairs of detectives, find that the local mix-up they are looking into has suddenly expanded in space, from Vietnam to Washington, and in time, through twenty years of intrigue and deception. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

By Ross Thomas

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9780312334147, titled "Chinaman's Chance" | Reprint edition (Minotaur Books, January 14, 2005), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Arthur Wu and Quincy Durant, one of Southern California's most unlikely pairs of detectives, find that the local mix-up they are looking into has suddenly expanded in space, from Vietnam to Washington, and in time, through twenty years of intrigue and deception.

9780445407251, titled "Chinaman's Chance" | Reissue edition (Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Artie Wu and Quincy Durant, one of Southern California's unlikeliest pairs, find that the local mix-up they are looking into has suddenly expanded in space, from Vietnam to Washington, and in time, through twenty years of intrigue and deception

9780380415175, titled "Chinaman's Chance" | Avon Books, March 1, 1979, cover price $2.25 | also contains Clothing on Figures: How to Draw Folds, Fabrics and Drapery

9780743236485, titled "Chinaman's Chance" | Scribner, March 1, 1978, cover price $18.95

Missionary Stew

Morgan Citron, a journalist, is hired by a presidential campaign manager to investigate the causes of a recent coup in South America in hopes of finding something to use to discredit the current administration

By Ross Thomas

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Hardcover:

9780786270651 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, December 9, 2004), cover price $28.95

9780671493639 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1983, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Morgan Citron, a journalist, is hired by a presidential campaign manager to investigate the causes of a recent coup in South America in hopes of finding something to use to discredit the current administration

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9780312327064 | Reprint edition (Griffin, March 8, 2004), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Political fundraiser Draper Haere finds himself in over his head when he sets out to uncover the truth about a right-wing coup in Central America, hoping to reveal dirty secrets about his boss's opponent in the 1984 U.

9780140074130 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 1994), cover price $5.95

Ah, Treachery!

Edd 'Twodees' Partain, recently thrown out of the Army and working as a small-time gun salesman, finds himself dealing with some deadly former colleagues when he is hired to track money stolen from a Democratic fundraiser. Reprint.

By Ross Thomas

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9780786203840 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 1, 1995), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Major Edd 'Twodees' Partain, recently thrown out of the Army and working as a small-time gun salesman, finds himself working with some deadly former colleagues when he is hired to trace money stolen from a Democratic fundraiser

9780892964529 | Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1994, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Major Edd 'Twodees' Partain, recently thrown out of the Army and working as a small-time gun salesman, finds himself dealing with some deadly former colleagues when he is hired to track money stolen from a Democratic fundraiser

Paperback:

9780312327040, titled "Ah, Treachery" | Reprint edition (Minotaur Books, March 1, 2004), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Edd 'Twodees' Partain, recently thrown out of the Army and working as a small-time gun salesman, finds himself dealing with some deadly former colleagues when he is hired to track money stolen from a Democratic fundraiser.

9780446400312 | Grand Central Pub, November 1, 1995, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Major Edd 'Twodees' Partain, recently thrown out of the Army and working as a small-time gun salesman, finds himself dealing with some deadly former colleagues when he is hired to track money stolen from a Democratic fundraiser

Fourth Durango

Providing protection to a former state supreme court justice who had been framed for bribery, the California Fourth Durango team is up to their eyeballs in trouble when the judge's history clashes with that of Durango's. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

By Ross Thomas

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9781560540168, titled "The Fourth Durango" | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, August 1, 1990), cover price $20.95 | About this edition: When a man dressed as a priest tracks a disgraced state chief justice and his son-in-law to the sleepy town of Durango, the gun-packing stranger has ideas that are not exactly holy

9780892962136 | Grand Central Pub, August 1, 1989, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: When a man dressed as a priest tracks a disgraced state Chief Justice and his son-in-law to the sleepy town of Durango, the gun-packing stranger has ideas that are not exactly holy

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9780312315856, titled "The Fourth Durango" | Reprint edition (Griffin, December 1, 2003), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Providing protection to a former state supreme court justice who had been framed for bribery, the California Fourth Durango team is up to their eyeballs in trouble when the judge's history clashes with that of Durango's.

9780445409156, titled "The Fourth Durango" | Reissue edition (Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: When a man dressed as a priest tracks a disgraced state chief justice and his son-in-law to the sleepy town of Durango, the gun-packing stranger has ideas that are not exactly holy

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781558002128 | Dove Entertainment Inc, October 1, 1989, cover price $15.95

Twilight at Mac's Place

In the wake of former secret agent Steadfast Haynes's death, four mourners--including a Frenchwoman, a former homicide cop, a foreign legionnaire, and a spook--visit the gravesite and become victims in a strange series of murders, as the spy's estranged son is offered a fortune in exchange for his father's memoir. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

By Ross Thomas

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9780892964345, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Limited edition (Little Brown & Co, February 1, 1993), cover price $75.00

9781560541578, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 1991), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Actor-detective Granville Haynes and his friends from the notorious bar Mac's Place move through a Washington labyrinth of deceit and murder when the memoirs of Granville's CIA father threaten to come to light

9780892962143, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Actor/detective Granville Haynes and his friends from the notorious bar Mac's Place move through a Washington labyrinth of deceit and murder when the memoirs of Granville's CIA father threaten to come to light

Paperback:

9780312315849, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Reprint edition (Griffin, December 8, 2003), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: In the wake of former secret agent Steadfast Haynes's death, four mourners--including a Frenchwoman, a former homicide cop, a foreign legionnaire, and a spook--visit the gravesite and become victims in a strange series of murders, as the spy's estranged son is offered a fortune in exchange for his father's memoir.

9781560549864, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, December 1, 1991), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Actor-detective Granville Haynes and his friends from the notorious bar Mac's Place move through a Washington labyrinth of deceit and murder when the memoirs of Granville's CIA father threaten to come to light

9780446400596, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Actor/detective Granville Haynes and his friends from the notorious bar Mac's Place move through a Washington labyrinth of deceit and murder when the memoirs of Granville's CIA father threaten to come to light

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781558002876, titled "Twilight at Mac's Place" | Dove Entertainment Inc, November 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In the wake of Steadfast Haynes's death, four mourners--including a Frenchwoman, a former homicide cop, a foreign legionnaire, and a spook--visit the gravesite and become victims in a strange series of murders.

The Cold War Swap

McCorkle crosses over into the Soviet Bloc in search of his friend Michael Padillo, a part-time tavern owner and full-time spy who has disappeared in East Germany

By Ross Thomas

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Hardcover:

9780786255764 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, August 1, 2003), cover price $29.95

Paperback:

9780312315818 | Reprint edition (Minotaur Books, May 16, 2003), cover price $22.99

9780446401685 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1992), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: McCorkle crosses over into the Soviet Bloc in search of his friend Michael Padillo, a part-time tavern owner and full-time spy who has disappeared in East Germany

9780060808341, titled "Cold War Swap" | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1986), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: McCorkle crosses over into the Soviet Bloc in search of his friend, Michael Padillo, a part-time tavern owner and full-time spy who has disappeared in East Germany.

Fools in Town Are on Our Side

A former United States intelligence agent is offered fifty thousand dollars to corrupt an American city

By Ross Thomas

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9780312315825, titled "The Fools in Town Are on Our Side" | Reprint edition (Minotaur Books, May 16, 2003), cover price $25.99

9780445408678, titled "The Fools in Town Are on Our Side" | Reissue edition (Mysterious Pr, July 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A former United States intelligence agent is offered fifty thousand dollars to corrupt an American city

9780380006878 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, July 1, 1982), cover price $2.95 | also contains Cultivating Creativity: Daily Rituals for Visual Inspiration

Briarpatch

Benjamin Dill's search for the car-bomb murderer of his sister, a detective, brings him up against friends-turned-enemies, corrupt cops, greedy politicians, and beautiful Anna Maude, in a new edition of the Edgar Award-winning novel. Reprint.

By Ross Thomas

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9780671530082 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1984, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Benjamin Dill's search for the car-bomb murderer of his sister, a detective, brings him up against friends-turned-enemies, corrupt cops, greedy politicians, and beautiful Anna Maude

Paperback:

9780312290313 | Reprint edition (Griffin, January 9, 2003), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Benjamin Dill's search for the car-bomb murderer of his sister, a detective, brings him up against friends-turned-enemies, corrupt cops, greedy politicians, and beautiful Anna Maude, in a new edition of the Edgar Award-winning novel.

9780140079906 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, February 1, 1994), cover price $6.95

9780140105810 | Reissue edition (Select Penguin, December 1, 1987), cover price $5.95 | also contains When It Starts to Snow

Out on the Rim

Charged with delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist, Booth Stallings enlists a team of assistants to help perform the important job, but the group decides to steal the money, instead. Reprint.

By Ross Thomas

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9780896211223 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, February 1, 1988), cover price $7.95

9780892962129 | Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1987, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Hired by moneymen to funnel funds to anti-Aqurno rebels but interested chiefly in lining his own pocket, Booth Stallings seeks the help of the wily Artie Wu, pretender to the Chinese throne, in pulling off his dangerous scam

Paperback:

9780312290597 | Reprint edition (Minotaur Books, January 1, 2003), cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Charged with delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist, Booth Stallings enlists a team of assistants to help perform the important job, but the group decides to steal the money, instead.

9780445406933 | Reissue edition (Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Charged with delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist, Booth Stallings enlists a team of assistants to help perform the important job, but the group decides to steal the money, instead.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781558002210 | Dove Entertainment Inc, April 1, 1990, cover price $14.95

Singapore Wink

Murder and blackmail awaits a Hollywood stunt man who travels to Singapore to find an old friend

By Ross Thomas

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9781453234778, titled "The Singapore Wink" | Reprint edition (Ingram Pub Services, January 15, 2013), cover price $14.99

9780445401341 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, September 13, 1988), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Murder and blackmail awaits a Hollywood stunt man who travels to Singapore to find an old friend

The Mordida Man

Accepting a presidential assignment when an international terrorist is kidnapped and the terrorist's friends abduct the president's brother in answer, independent fixer Chubb Dunjee investigates a trail of ruthlessly dangerous players. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446404051 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Accepting a presidential assignment when an international terrorist is kidnapped and the terrorist's friends abduct the president's brother in answer, independent fixer Chubb Dunjee investigates a trail of ruthlessly dangerous players.

9780425110980 | Reissue edition (Berkley Pub Group, December 1, 1988), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Chubb Dundee hunts the kidnappers of the president's brother, who are retaliating against what they think was the C.

Yellow-Dog Contract

A large sum of money brings former campaign manager and Washington insider Harvey Longmire out of retirement and on the trail of a missing union leader, a trail that leads through the seamy side of the Capital's political scene. Reprint.

By Ross Thomas

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Hardcover:

9780688031046 | William Morrow & Co, December 1, 1976, cover price $8.95

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9780446401746 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, November 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A large sum of money brings former campaign manager and Washington insider Harvey Longmire out of retirement and on the trail of a missing union leader, a trail that leads through the seamy side of the Capital's political scene.

The Money Harvest

A few hours before he was to have revealed a shocking secret, ninety-two-year-old Crawdad Gilmore, advisor to six presidents, is murdered, and Jake Pope must figure out who killed him and why. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780688029128 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1975, cover price $8.95

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9780446401739 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A few hours before he was to have revealed a shocking secret, ninety-two-year-old Crawdad Gilmore, advisor to six presidents, is murdered, and Jake Pope must figure out who killed him and why.

Voodoo, Ltd.

Private eyes Arthur Chase Wu and Quincy Durant are hired to track down the two British hypnotists who may have been involved in the murder of a billionaire and a frame-up of the billionaire's girlfriend. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780816156795 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, June 1, 1993), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Detective Arthur Wu of Wudu, Ltd.

9780892964512 | Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Detective Arthur Wu of Wudu, Ltd.

Paperback:

9780446400305, titled "Voodoo Ltd" | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, September 1, 1993), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Detective Arthur Wu of Wudu, Ltd.

If You Can't Be Good

In a world where everyone has an angle, a grudge, or a scam, would-be historian and muckraker Deek Lewis attempts to find out who set a young woman on fire. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401722 | Reissue edition (Mysterious Pr, September 1, 1993), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A leading newspaper columnist struggles to uncover the pressures that forced a wealthy senator to accept a bribe

The Porkchoppers

Two bitter union bosses conduct a nationwide duel over billions of dollars in an expose of political maneuvering whose characters include adulterers, lackeys, and special interest groups. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401715 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, September 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Two bitter union bosses conduct a nationwide duel over billions of dollars in an expose of political maneuvering whose characters include adulterers, lackeys, and special interest groups.

The Highbinders

A nasty gambler, a purveyor of goods named Tic-Toc, and Eddie Apanasewicz, the best con man around, convene in London, where they search for a stolen antique sword whose hilt contains a priceless gem. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401784 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, August 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A nasty gambler, a purveyor of goods named Tic-Toc, and Eddie Apanasewicz, the best con man around, convene in London, where they search for a stolen antique sword whose hilt contains a priceless gem.

No Questions Asked

After losing the trail of a pair of book thieves he is tailing, Philip St. Ives flies to Miami to pay a call on the book's owner, a rich woman with a taste for pain. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401807 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, August 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: After losing the trail of a pair of book thieves he is tailing, Philip St.

The Procane Chronicle

Assigned to deliver the ransom money to whomever stole thief Abner Procane's diaries, professional go-between Philip St. Ives finds himself stumbling across dead bodies and cops on the make. Reprint. NYT.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401777 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, July 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Assigned to deliver the ransom money to whomever stole thief Abner Procane's diaries, professional go-between Philip St.

The Brass Go-Between

Asked to deliver a quarter of a million dollars to whomever has stolen a prized African shield from a Washington museum, Philip St. Ives soon finds himself involved in a dangerous game. Reprint. PW.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401753 | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, June 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: When a valuable brass shield is stolen from a Washington, D.

9780060808617 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1987), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: When a valuable brass shield is stolen from a Washington D.

Protocol for a Kidnapping

Asked by the United States government to rescue a U.S. ambassador kidnapped by Yugoslavian radicals, professional go-between Philip St. Ives finds himself trapped in Eastern Europe. Reprint.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401760 | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, June 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Philip St.

9780060808648 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, June 1, 1987), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Philip St.

The Backup Men

Wanda and her brother Walter hire McCorkle to help them protect an Arab prince from the most accomplished assassin in the world, but the situation becomes dicey when Walter is murdered. Reprint. NYT. K.

By Ross Thomas

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9780446401708 | Reprint edition (Mysterious Pr, October 1, 1992), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Wanda and her brother Walter hire McCorkle to help protect an Arab prince from the most accomplished assassin in the world, but the situation becomes dicey when Walter is murdered

9780060808334 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1986), cover price $3.50

Cast a Yellow Shadow

Directed by an anonymous perpetrator to kill a South African prime minster, soldier of fortune Michael Padillo is told that his partner's kidnapped wife will die if he fails to comply. Reissue. NYT. PW.

By Ross Thomas

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9780445405561 | Reissue edition (Popular Library, November 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: McCorkle agrees to help his old friend, Michael Padillo, rescue Fredi, whom kidnappers are using to blackmail Michael into performing a political assassination

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